Chapter Six

It had been four weeks since Lilly's and Sheldon's "date" and Lilly found herself immersed in the lives of the five people that lived beneath her, well three, but Howard and Raj were there so much they might as well live there. She found that she had a lot more in common with them than she realized, even though she was nowhere near as intelligent as the two resident geniuses downstairs. Half the time, she really didn't know what they were talking about, but she found it entertaining to watch the guys arguing about whatever astronomical science thing they were talking about. While she had no experience in that area, the guys were surprised that she had so much knowledge on comics and superheroes without seeming to.

Today was Saturday and she was going to surprise her neighbors with breakfast. They had been so nice and welcoming to her, Lilly just wanted to thank them. She had let Penny in on it as she had the spare key to Leonard and Sheldon's apartment. Penny had been right on board and lent her the key.

At the crack of dawn, Lilly rolled out of bed and grabbed the food she needed to make breakfast and headed downstairs.

Penny had given her the key the night before, so was sleeping away inside with Leonard and Sheldon. As silent as possible, Lilly entered the apartment and made a B-line to the kitchen, careful not to slam the door shut.

She laid the plastic bag on the counter and started up the stove. She pulled out the bacon and a carton of eggs, followed by cheese and pancake batter.

As Lilly started to cook, she started to hum and dance around the kitchen, unaware that she had an audience standing in his robe, sleep still in his eyes as he watched her in silence.

Sheldon had been awoken by the sound of the front door opening. The walls weren't as thick as they looked; Penny's over night visits were proof of that.

He ventured out, thinking someone was breaking into the apartment. He was surprised to find Lilly dancing around the kitchen, throwing bacon on to a pan and watched it sizzle. She was wearing pajama bottoms and a baby tee with no shoes, singing incoherently.

He watched her for a moment before he noticed what time it was, "Lilly,"

"Ahhh!"

Lilly practically jumped out her skin and dropped the piece of bacon she had in her hand, on the ground. Turning around she clung to her chest and said, "Don't do that Sheldon! Do you want to give me a heart attack?"

He walked into the kitchen and looked around at the slight mess she had created in his sanitized kitchen. "What have you done?"

Giggling, she pushed him out of the way and flipped the bacon over, "I'm making you and Leonard breakfast today. You are in for a treat my friend, I make the best breakfast out of everyone in my family."

Looking behind her, Lilly saw that Sheldon was reaching up above the refrigerator and was pulling down a box of cereal. She dropped the fork in her hand on to a paper towel and snatched the box out of his hands, "What do you think you're doing Mr.?"

He looked at the cereal box in her hands and said, "I always have cereal on Saturdays."

"Well not this Saturday, Sheldon. Because today, you're having bacon, eggs, and pancakes."

Sheldon reached to take the cereal away from her, but Lilly evaded him and held the box behind her back, "No Sheldon, I'm making you breakfast and that's what you're going to eat. Not cold, soggy cereal, but a hot, delicious meal."

Looking at her emphatically, he said, "Lilly, I always have cereal when I watch Doctor Who, I see no reason to change my traditional Saturday."

"Don't you get tired of cereal, though?"

He reached for it again, but she took a step out of the kitchen, still evading him. Sighing he said, "No, if I were tired of my Saturday schedule I would discontinue it. Now give me my cereal Lilly."

She looked as if she were thinking about actually giving him back the box in her hands, but looked up at him and shook her head, "No."

He looked at her ardently before stepping closer, "Give it,"

"No."

She stepped back quicker as he advanced, "You're going to eat something different today. Think of it as a special occasion."

Sheldon watched as she walked over to the window and opened it, "What are you doing?"

She simply smiled and threw the box into the dumpster below much to Sheldon's horror, "NOOO!"

Sheldon rushed to the window and looked down below. Lilly walked back into the kitchen and continued to cook. As she did, Sheldon sharply turned away from the window and glared at the back of her head.

Pointing over her shoulder, Lilly said "Don't you glare at me, Sheldon Cooper."

Sheldon practically stomped his way down the hall, leaving a confused Lilly behind. So she had thrown out that disgusting box of Raisin Brand, big whoop.

As she continued to scramble the eggs, she couldn't help but feel slightly bad for disturbing his routine; Sheldon seemed to have some form of OCD, but she wasn't going to come out and say, "Hey Sheldon, do you have a anxiety disorder that requires you to have constancy in your life, or otherwise go insane?"

Biting her lip, Lilly sighed and turned down the heat of the stove and laid the spatula down on the counter before moving into the living room and grabbing the remote. Doctor Who had barely started as she pressed the record button. Lilly dropped the remote on to the couch and made her way down the hall towards Sheldon's room.

As she passed Leonard's room, the door opened and Leonard's disheveled face poked out, "Hey, what's wrong with Sheldon? He was screaming about something. And what are you doing here so early? On a Saturday."

She patted his shoulder and pushed him back into his room where Penny was passed out on his bed. "Don't worry about it Leonard, go back to sleep, k?"

He mumbled as he slid back into bed and Lilly shut the door quietly before crossing over to Sheldon's door.

She couldn't hear anything on the other side, but she knew Sheldon was probably pouting. Knocking softly, she said, "Sheldon? Sheldon, I didn't mean to upset you; I just wanted to do something nice for you and Leonard."

The door opened a crack and Sheldon voice said harshly, "Then maybe you shouldn't have thrown my Raisin Brand out the window; you've completely ruined my fiber intake for the day! Now my system is going to be completely out of whack, all because you, and I quote, wanted to do something nice, for me and Leonard!"

The door slammed shut and Lilly pulled her face away in order to avoid being hit. Putting her hands on her hips, Lilly said, "Okay, one, I don't need to know about your digestion, that's just gross. Two, stop being a baby about it; you are a genius, Sheldon, this belittles your superior intellect."

After a moment, the door opened and Sheldon stop tall, looking down at her before crossing his arms, "I will accept your apology as you are correct; I am a genius."

Lilly smiled and opened her mouth, only to shut it as Sheldon held up an index finger, "However,"

"However, we must come to an agreement that you do not touch my things, you do not interrupt my routine, nor do you barge unannounced into my apartment."

Lilly arched an elegant eyebrow and crossed her arms, "Sheldon, you do realize that you do all of those things to me, right? I mean just yesterday, I found you in my apartment when I came home from work, measuring my floorboards."

He interjected, "That was an exception; your floor is uneven and there is a constant creek above the living room, it distracts me when I'm working."

She rolled her eyes, "Oh come on Sheldon, really? A creek in the floor is disturbing you, genius extraordinaire? Okay, what about you touching my Hellboy comic books, and the time you practically stole my original issue one Watchmen comic?"

"That was not me; that was Raj! I was simply holding it when you ran in here like a crazed feline. I still have a scratch from when you ripped it from my hands, see?"

He pulled up his sleeve and thrusted his arm in her face. She grabbed his arm to humor him, and looked down, seeing nothing. "Sheldon, there isn't a scratch there. But back to this whole agreement thing; if you don't want me touching your things, fine; don't touch mine. If you don't want me coming over unannounced, fine; don't be in my apartment when I'm not home. But Sheldon, I say this with love, get out of this apartment and do something. Go to the park, the movies, anything! I've known you for nearly a month and not once have I seen you do anything out of routine. Hey why don't we go do something today, after breakfast and Doctor Who?"

Sheldon curled his lip and said, "Lilly, although I do not agree with doing things spotlessly, I will agree to respect your residence upstairs and your property as long as you do the same."

She reached out and patted his arm, "Now come on, breakfast is getting cold. And don't worry about missing any Doctor Who, I recorded it for you."

She left him in his doorway and returned to the kitchen and started up the stove again, warming the chilling eggs and added a bit of cheese to them. She could hear the seldom steps coming from the hall and pretended not to notice as Sheldon returned to the living room area.

Smiling, she heard him grumble as he sat on the couch and resumed his show, the sound of the Doctor Who theme song emitting through the air.

"Hey Shell, how many pancakes do you want?"

From his spot on the couch, Sheldon remained focused on Doctor Who as he said, "Please keep in mind that I do not appreciate being addressed by any other names other than my given one."

Lilly scrapped the eggs into a bowl and placed it by the stove before wiping her hands on a towel and walk over to sit next to Sheldon. "Sheldon, you do know that nicknames are forms of endearment, don't you? I mean, I thought we were friends, after all."

Sheldon crossed his arms and stared at the television, "Not from my experience, just ask Gregory Yatley. He gave me nicknames of a different variety."

"Aww, Sheldon, I'm sorry you were picked on when you were little."

Looking confused, he said, "Gregory Yatley works in the Astrophysics department with Raj. But yes, I was forced to endure names created by those with inferior intellect than my own as a child."

Oh, wow…

As she mixed the batter, Sheldon had ventured over and was fidgeting uncertainly by the counter. He watched as she flipped her hair out of her face as she churned the batter until it was smooth.

"Hey Sheldon?"

"Yes Lilly?"

Sheldon looked down at the bowl Lilly had thrust into his hands as she said, "Why don't you help me make some pancakes? We can make them into different shapes."

Some time later, Leonard and Penny pulled themselves out of his bedroom and walked down the hall to only stop and stare at the sight in front of them. Lilly was laughing as Sheldon failed to flip a pancake and frowned down at it on the ground. She took the spatula from him and pushed him to the side, showing him how to properly flip a pancake.

"See? It's not hard. I thought you were a genius, Sheldon."

Sheldon stole the spatula from her and said, "Laugh all you like Lilly, but even a genius such as myself aren't omnipotent, as hard as it is to believe."

Lilly held a plate up as she gave him a teasing smile, "Touchy, touchy Dr. Cooper."

He carefully used the spatula to move the oddly shaped pancakes on to the plate and as he turned to place the pan into the sink, saw Leonard and Penny standing there, "Aw, good morning, Leonard, Penny. I trust you both slept well after your copulation last night."

Lilly stopped mid-stride and looked between Leonard and Penny, "Do I want to know?"

Penny shook her head and stared down at the pancakes, "What happened to the pancakes?"

Sheldon peered over Lilly's shoulder and said, "They're spaceships, obviously. And these, these are representations of rockets, see?."

Sheldon mimicked the sound of a rocket going off as he moved the rocket-shaped pancake through the air until dropping it on to his plate, mimicking the sound of a crash. Lilly placed eggs on his plate, followed by some bacon.

"Come on you two, make a plate." Lilly said as she grabbed her own and sat down next to Sheldon on the couch and started eating as she watched the morning news. Penny and Leonard exchanged looks before grabbing a plate and venturing into the living room.

It was later in the day and Lilly had just finished her shower, when the phone rang. Wrapped in a towel, she rushed towards the phone resting on her counter, "Hello?"

"Baby girl, what's this I hear about you went on a date?!"

Crap.

"Hi Daddy! How are you doing, huh? Everything okay since I've been gone?"

"Don't you try and change the subject, young lady. Now, your brother called me the other day, mentioning that you went on a date a few weeks ago, explain."

Siting down on her couch, she said, "Daddy, it wasn't really a date, I mean, it was just a friend helping me out. There's this guy at work who's interested in me, and I'm not interested in him, so Sheldon was just pretending to be my date so that I wouldn't have go out with this guy."

"Sheldon!? What kind of name is Sheldon?"

Rolling her eyes, Lilly began to unravel her hair from the towel that covered her head, "Daddy, be nice. Sheldon is a very sweet man. He didn't have to do it, but he did. He's a good friend, and that's all he is daddy, a friend. So don't send Trevor over here, like you did when I was in high school. I'm twenty-five for god's sake, daddy; I am a grown woman as hard as that is for you to believe."

"I know that you're a grown woman. But that don't change the fact that you're my daughter and I have the right as your father, to make sure you're alright, 'specially when yer living in Los Angles, should be called Lost Angels, if you ask me, that city's so full of crime and-"

"Okay daddy, don't go off on one of your speeches about how the world's going to hell."

"But it is!"

Standing, Lilly shook her head and walked into her bathroom, throwing the towel into her hamper, "Daddy, please, just relax. You know you have a weak heart and the doctor told you to avoid stress. Now I'm going to go now, I need to go to the store."

"Stress? Baby girl, this isn't stress. But fine, call me later."

"Bye daddy…"

"And use protection!"

"Bye daddy!"

She hung up on him and threw the phone on the sink, "God! Strike me down now!"

Lilly dressed herself in a pair of hip huggers and a orange halter top, covered by a light open green shirt, before leaving to go to the grocery store. As she opened her door, Sheldon was standing there, hand raised to knock.

"Oh, hello Lilly."

"Hello Sheldon, do you need something?"

Sheldon somehow was able to go into her apartment, leaving Lilly standing at her door, "Come in Sheldon, please."

Shutting the door, she turned to Sheldon, who stood with his hands behind his back, a look of contemplation on his face. "Did you need something Sheldon?"

"I find myself curious about your statement earlier this morning of how I need to venture out and experience things other than my routine. What would be the purpose of experiencing these other things outside of my routine?"

Shrugging, she said, "Well, life's all about learning new things, experiencing new things. You're not going to do that, cooped up in that apartment of yours."

Tilting his head, Sheldon said, "And you would be willing to assist me in this experiment of experiencing new things outside my routine?"

"Um, sure."

Clasping his hands, Sheldon stepped around her and made his way to the door, "Wonderful. We shall begin immediately. What will we do first?"

In her mind, Lilly wondered what she had just agreed to, but handed him the keys that she held in her hand, "First, we're going to the store because I need food. I used what I had to make you breakfast."

He looked down at the keys and pushed them back to her, "I don't drive."

Lily looked at him in disbelief, "What do you mean you don't drive?"

Okay, sorry it's been a few days since my last update, but I had college finals this last week, so it was a bit difficult to maintain a proper stream of ideas. But now that they are over, I can work on this story, yay! So remember to leave me some reviews, okay? REVIEW!!!